{"id":11986,"date":"2023-08-27T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/08\/27\/en-caribbean-igf-2023-jamaica-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:00:00","slug":"en-caribbean-igf-2023-jamaica-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/08\/27\/en-caribbean-igf-2023-jamaica-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean IGF 2023 Port of Spain \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The 19th Caribbean IGF and 2nd Caribbean Youth IGF convened in hybrid form from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 22\u201324 August 2023, drawing 291 registered participants under the theme 'Evolving Caribbean Internet Governance Priorities for Sustainable Development.'<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. AI governance dominated the agenda \u2014 UNESCO presented an AI policy roadmap for the Caribbean \u2014 and the forum approved updates to the region's shared Caribbean Internet Governance Policy Framework (Issue 4.0).<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The UN tech envoy called an open, secure Internet 'literally a matter of life and death' for small island states; the forum's outputs fed into the UN IGF in Kyoto that October, where the CTU hosted an Open Forum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Caribbean IGF 2023 in Port of Spain<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

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    📍 The catalogue lists Kingston, Jamaica, but the CTU's announcement and ARIN's event record place the 19th CIGF (22\u201324 August 2023) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, staged in hybrid (in-person plus online) form; no record supporting a Kingston staging was found<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n19th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), held with the 2nd Caribbean Youth IGF (CYIGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n22\u201324 August 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (hybrid staging)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nEvolving Caribbean Internet Governance Priorities for Sustainable Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Format<\/td>\nHybrid: in-person plus Zoom, also streamed to YouTube and Facebook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCaribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nApproved updates to the 2016 edition of the Caribbean Internet Governance Policy Framework (Issue 4.0); the CTU announced an Open Forum at the UN IGF in Kyoto on 12 October 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. AI Governance \u2014 The Topic That Dominated the Agenda<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Day 3 (24 Aug) hot topic 'Artificial Intelligence' and UNESCO's 'AI in the Caribbean \u2013 Policy Roadmap' session<\/p>\n